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Sunday, April 15, 2007

Reviewing Web Sites

Some say that reviewing the relevancy and credibility of a web site is essential in making sure that you are not getting false or inaccurate information. I disagree, and I'll tell you why. Insisting on proper citations and references in every web site you use rules out a lot of really good, accurate, and relevant resources. What if you are researching a fairly new field of study, and most of the available information is being gathered by private researchers? In a case such as this there would most likely have been very little collaboration between experts, thus little or no references or citations. Sure, there might be some areas where evaluating a web site before use would be a good idea, but doing it all the time is altogether to restricting, and stifles the research capabilities of the student.